#D5E256#D5E256

#D5E256 is a very light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.692; OKLCH L 87.7% C 0.162 H 114.3°. Best body text is #000000 at 14.84:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#D5E256
RGB	rgb(213, 226, 86)
HSL	hsl(66, 71%, 61%)
HSV	hsv(66, 62%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(5.8%, 0%, 61.9%, 11.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(86.61, -22.32, 64.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(86.61, 68.51, 109.02°)
OKLab	oklab(87.69% -0.0665 0.1476)
OKLCH	oklch(87.69% 0.162 114.3)
XYZ	xyz(56.3180, 69.2117, 19.1947)
Luminance	0.6921 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#D5E256 #6356E2

analogous

#E2A956 #D5E256 #8FE256

triadic

#D5E256 #56D5E2 #E256D5

tetradic

#D5E256 #56E2A9 #6356E2 #E2568F

square

#D5E256 #56E2A9 #6356E2 #E2568F

split-complementary

#D5E256 #568FE2 #A956E2

monochromatic

#95A21C #C6D625 #D5E256 #E2EB8A #EFF4BE

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.41

#D5E256 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

14.84

#D5E256 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #D5E256

14.84:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##D5E256	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##D5E256	1.00	1.41	14.84	14.84
#FFFFFF	1.41	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	14.84	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#F1D845

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#F1DA5F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#E2D6C5

Achromatopsia (no color)

#D9D9D9

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #d5e256;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(213, 226, 86);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(87.7% 0.162 114.3);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#e5eb8c',
    500: '#d5e256',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #d5e256;
$custom-light: #e5eb8c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#d5e256",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 213,
    "g": 226,
    "b": 86
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 65.571,
    "s": 70.707,
    "l": 61.176
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.87686,
    "c": 0.1619,
    "h": 114.3
  },
  "luminance": 0.69211
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#D5E256

secondary

#4238A5

accent

#13D325

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FDFDF4

border

#D5D5CE

text

#16160C

muted

#84847F

Preview Lab

Preview with #D5E256

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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